Oops
I looked at the wrong motor on the Hurst table, the actual motor used by VPI is the lower torque model so the figures are 16mNm at the shaft and 290mNm at the platter respectively.
This would seem to favour the Garrard but only if you find a 10% speed reduction acceptable. If you want the Garrard to slow by a lesser amount (say 1%) the useable torque drops almost proportionally - at 1% the torque is about 1mNm at the shaft, say 50 mNm at the platter.
Mark Kelly
I looked at the wrong motor on the Hurst table, the actual motor used by VPI is the lower torque model so the figures are 16mNm at the shaft and 290mNm at the platter respectively.
This would seem to favour the Garrard but only if you find a 10% speed reduction acceptable. If you want the Garrard to slow by a lesser amount (say 1%) the useable torque drops almost proportionally - at 1% the torque is about 1mNm at the shaft, say 50 mNm at the platter.
Mark Kelly